Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Ecuador
Ecuador: Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption was 30.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Ecuador, 1994–2025
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Ecuador is 30.1%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 7.6% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Ecuador peaked at 76.6% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 28.3%, in 2017.
That places Ecuador 50th out of 120 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 65.9% | — |
| 1999 | 68.6% | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 76.6% | +11.7% |
| 2003 | 58.7% | -23.4% |
| 2004 | 59.7% | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 51.9% | -13.2% |
| 2006 | 46.8% | -9.7% |
| 2007 | 45.9% | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 43.4% | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 44.4% | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 39.7% | -10.5% |
| 2011 | 35.9% | -9.8% |
| 2012 | 32.6% | -9.1% |
| 2013 | 32.5% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 28.7% | -11.8% |
| 2015 | 29.8% | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 29.3% | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 28.3% | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 28.9% | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 30.6% | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 36.0% | +17.7% |
| 2021 | 33.5% | -7.1% |
| 2022 | 30.9% | -7.7% |
| 2023 | 30.8% | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 32.6% | +5.8% |
| 2025 | 30.1% | -7.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 67.3% | 65.9% | 68.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 53.4% | 43.4% | 76.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 31.6% | 28.3% | 39.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.3% | 30.1% | 36.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 47 Peru 36.2% compare
- 48 Iran, Islamic Republic of 36.0% compare
- 49 Azerbaijan 35.9% compare
- 51 El Salvador 29.9% compare
- 52 Palestine, State of 28.6% compare
- 53 Mongolia 24.4% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Ecuador
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 10 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.82 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,007 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -0.4522 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 15.13 (2022)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 15.1% (2022)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Ecuador?
- Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption in Ecuador was 30.1% in 2025, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 76.6% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.3% in 2017.
- How does Ecuador rank for share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption?
- Ecuador ranks 50th out of 120 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $8.30 per day.